Medical students continue demo for restoration of `Carry on System`

Staff Reporter :Medical students yesterday continued demonstrating for restoration of the “Carry on” system that allows them to continue to attend classes with the successful batchmates even they fail in any professional examination.Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council in 2012 scrapped the system, meaning if a student fails in a subject in any examination, they are not allowed to continue attending classes until they sit for the improvement test and pass it six months later. Thousands of students of private and public medical colleges, under the banner of ‘Sammilita Medical Shikkharthi Brinda Bangladesh’ on Thursday staged demonstration in the capital’s Paltan and Bijoynagar area demanding restoration of the system. They said they would lose six months if the ‘carry on’ system was not restored.They also expressed their anxiety, as the rules are unclear as to whether a failed student will attend classes with a junior batch or will there be a special batch for such students.Medical students have been demonstrating and boycotting classes since August 3 pressing for their demand.